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Explore 62 haunted places in New Jersey. Read ghost stories, local history, source notes, and visiting information in the PHASM Haunted Atlas.
Cape May, New Jersey · Hotel
The directory's former-guest folklore assigns different residents to rooms 4 and 5. In the Susan Craig Room, people reportedly encountered an unidentified red-haired girl. The Lucy Johnson Room was linked to Lucy herself, remembered as a helpful spirit who supposedly replaced missing buttons on guests' clothing.
Wharton, New Jersey · Other
HauntedPlaces.org describes a thin male apparition near the pub's dartboards and unexplained whistling from that same part of the room. The basement and attic also feature in its paranormal reputation. The recurring figure is not tied to a verified deceased owner or customer.
Cinnaminson, New Jersey · Cemetery
HauntedPlaces.org's account focuses on the children's burial area, where visitors describe small ghostly figures and footprints appearing in the ground. The cemetery's tower is also associated with an unexplained presence. These are local reports rather than an identified child's story.
Point Pleasant, New Jersey · Other
HauntedPlaces.org recounts tumbling glasses, breaking windows and one person's claim of being unexpectedly locked inside a closet at this old tavern. Local storytelling connects the disturbances with a shipwreck and a supposed temporary morgue, although that explanation has not been independently established.
Neshanic Station, New Jersey · Hotel
The specific haunting recorded by HauntedPlaces.org centers on a dark human figure in the inn's basement. Electrical trouble is also interpreted by some visitors as part of the building's ghostly reputation. The entry identifies the same structure previously known as Murphy's Crocodile Inn.
Mine Hill Township, New Jersey · Other
HauntedPlaces.org reports bottles seeming to rise and then drop, along with a threatening shadow said to have confronted an owner. Local lore connects the disturbances with a man killed while playing pool. That backstory is an attributed legend here, not an independently documented murder finding. Check present business identity before visitor publication.
Oaklyn, New Jersey · Other
In Lisa D.'s HauntedPlaces.org submission, a bartender follows the sound of clinking bottles into the basement but finds nothing broken. Another keg reportedly rolls toward him without anyone moving it. The same account describes a tray flying from a shelf and white mist appearing in the restaurant rooms.
Bernardsville, New Jersey · Other
The building's legend centers on Phyllis Parker, whose lover is said to have been executed during the Revolution. In the HauntedPlaces.org telling, she found his body at her father's tavern and was overcome with grief. A woman's apparition, disembodied voices and uneasy sensations are later associated with the former library. The source conflates its construction date and Revolutionary-era use. Narrative preserved as folklore; not the current library building.
Columbus, Mansfield Township, New Jersey · Hotel
HauntedPlaces.org recounts an apparition said to be a nineteenth-century orphan who once worked at the inn. Reports also place unexplained sounds around an old holding cell. These accounts give the former lodging house its local reputation even though the directory says the inn is no longer operating.
Cedar Grove, New Jersey · Hospital
At the former Overbrook campus, HauntedPlaces.org records stories of nurses and patients seen after the wards fell quiet, with the sound of gurneys rolling through the buildings. Some visitors described an oppressive presence. These are recollections associated with the former institution, rather than a claim that the old wards remain available to explore.
Perth Amboy, New Jersey · Historic house
HauntedPlaces.org names three recurring apparitions at Proprietary House: a soldier from the Revolutionary period, a woman at a dining-room window and a boy dressed in blue. In one story, the boy admits a delivery worker and guides him upstairs, only later being understood as an unexplained presence. The apparition identities are folklore; current tour hours require checking.
Cape May, New Jersey · Hotel
In a 2016 HauntedPlaces.org comment, a guest in the Prince Albert Room describes waking to a long-haired gray woman at the foot of the bed, then watching her disappear. Another contributor recalls the bathroom door slamming repeatedly in the Princess Louise Room. The site's collected folklore also includes an unexplained train whistle. Historical bordello claims are not independently verified. A 2020 contributor says the Princess Louise Room was renamed Crown Prince; confirm with operator.
Raritan, New Jersey · Other
HauntedPlaces.org recounts an elderly woman's apparition at a library window and in the neighboring garden. Local tellers identify her as a former librarian. Books reportedly shift position and lights change without an apparent person responsible, as though the building's caretaker has not entirely left her post.
Clinton, New Jersey · Other
The distinctive Red Mill story in HauntedPlaces.org is an elderly man on the third floor, dressed in old-fashioned clothes and a black hat. Silent and apparently solid, he is said to be mistaken for an interpreter. The account presents him as an apparition and also records other unexplained disturbances around the museum.
Ringwood, New Jersey · Historic house
HauntedPlaces.org recounts footsteps with nobody visible, sudden patches of cold and locked doors allegedly opening at Ringwood Manor. Figures encountered in the house are interpreted by some witnesses as earlier residents. The mansion's ghost reputation is attached to these interior experiences, rather than to a verified explanation for them.
Glassboro, New Jersey · Other
HauntedPlaces.org places Rowan's most specific reports in Bunce Hall: a face seen in a mirror, apparitions and objects apparently moving without being touched. Broader campus tales speak of former residents and professors still wandering. This profile centers on Bunce Hall and does not multiply those campus stories into unsupported extra sites.
Cape May, New Jersey · Hotel
HauntedPlaces.org recounts two figures at the Sea Holly: an older man and a younger woman traditionally described as a servant. Guests on the second floor reportedly see people inside bedrooms and hear conversations where no speakers can be found. No verified identity is supplied for either figure. Former inn name requires current operator/identity check before publication.
Port Monmouth, Middletown, New Jersey · Historic house
HauntedPlaces.org recounts a woman in white moving between rooms, a bearded seafarer and a small boy visible at the windows of the house nicknamed the Spy House. These distinct figures underpin its paranormal reputation. More elaborate pirate and espionage tales are part of later storytelling around the same building. Source's Captain Morgan, torture and Revolutionary tavern claims are not verified and are not adopted as fact.
Warren County, New Jersey · Road or bridge
HauntedPlaces.org collects stories of roadside figures linked in legend to robbers and their victims. Nearby Ghost Lake contributes drifting, humanlike shapes to the road's reputation, while other versions speak of children appearing along the route. The stories are consolidated as one road corridor rather than counting every nearby landmark separately. No ritual instructions or risky stopping advice. Ghost Lake overlaps Jenny Jump forest geographically but this record centers on road folklore; compare for future dedupe if a separate lake profile is proposed.
Oxford Township, New Jersey · Historic house
HauntedPlaces.org's collection describes several figures at Shippen Manor: a soldier, a boy in old-fashioned clothes and a woman dressed in blue with her hair gathered up. Objects reportedly appear unexpectedly on shelves and doors move without a visible person operating them. Reported figures are unidentified; costumes do not establish historical identities.
Woodbury, New Jersey · Theater
The former school used by Sketch Club Players has a particularly theatrical ghost story: HauntedPlaces.org says people hear a party in the members' clubroom when no visible gathering explains it. Other reports describe dark human shapes and an uneasy feeling in the basement.
Cape May, New Jersey · Hotel
Esther is the name attached to Southern Mansion's most familiar reported spirit in HauntedPlaces.org. Guests describe her laughter, the swish of a dress and perfume with no visible wearer. Another story places a soldier walking across the ballroom, giving the mansion two distinct strands of apparition lore. The name Esther follows the account; personal identity not independently established.
Asbury Park, New Jersey · Historic house
HauntedPlaces.org reports apparitions and the sounds of children playing or crying inside Stephen Crane's former home. Its more physical story concerns fireplace implements allegedly striking visitors without an obvious person responsible. These accounts form part of the house's paranormal reputation and are not attributed to Crane himself as fact. The physical-contact report is anecdotal; no safe-visit claim based on it.
River Edge, New Jersey · Historic house
HauntedPlaces.org retells a conversational ghost story from Steuben House: a man identified as Baron von Steuben allegedly sat with a visitor and asked how the Revolutionary War was progressing. On being told the war was long over, the bewildered figure disappeared. The tale is more specific than a generic haunted-house reputation. Source's elapsed-time arithmetic is inconsistent; no exact date or years-since-war claim is repeated.